Analysis: Russia ‘still seething’ from Ukraine attacks – it feels like a peace deal is ‘much further away’
The comments we’ve been bringing you out of Russia this afternoon are an indication that it is “still seething” after Ukraine’s series of recent attacks, our Moscow correspondent Ivor Bennett said.
But the key question now turns to where this leaves peace negotiations, after the most recent round of talks between Russia and Ukraine was held on Monday.
“Not much has been achieved yet after two rounds of face-to-face talks in Istanbul, only the promise of a second prisoner swap and now the exchange of dead soldiers,” he said.
“But judging by Vladimir Putin’s comments today and Sergei Ryabkov (see previous post), it feels like a ceasefire and a peace deal just got that much further away.”
Speaking about his question to Ryabkov – which you can watch in our previous post – Bennett said “all options are on the table” when it comes to a response from Russia.
He added that Moscow has sought to downplay the impact of Ukraine’s attack on multiple Russian airbases over the weekend.
“It is, of course, an embarrassing breach of their air defences,” he said.
“There’s been very little coverage of the attack here in the media, and it took the Kremlin nearly 48 hours to respond.”
Watch his full analysis in the video below.
